Sand and Water (Dhaka, Bangladesh) (19 images)

"Sand And Water"
Gabtoli "Bricks Field". Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Due to the concentration of local and foreign investments, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has been experiencing massive migration from rural areas of the country and a huge urbanization. Officially 16 million people live here and significant portions of the Mega City's population are experiencing extremely low living standards. As a direct consequence of the urbanization process, Dhaka's...more »

"Sand And Water"
Gabtoli "Bricks Field". Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Due to the concentration of local and foreign investments, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has been experiencing massive migration from rural areas of the country and a huge urbanization. Officially 16 million people live here and significant portions of the Mega City's population are experiencing extremely low living standards. As a direct consequence of the urbanization process, Dhaka's building industry has quickly grown to satisfy city needs. Tens of thousands of piece workers are employed in the business.
"Bricks Fields" (as they are commonly called here) are both places where the bricks' production takes place and locations where building materials arrive from the manufacturers, usually on boats, to be accumulated and sold. Entire families work in inhuman and unsafe conditions to earn few money per day (2/3 USD per day). Dhaka's urban poor are mostly employed in low paid jobs. I started this project in July 2010 while thousands of workers from Garments Factories were struggling against the goverment to obtain a higher montly rage. The situation of the building industry is competelely different, no rights are provided to workers since they are not organized in syndicates.« less